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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: PROLIFE who wrote (498885)	11/26/2003 12:25:27 PM
From: Orcastraiter	Read Replies (1) of 769670

Saddam could have walked away. He did not because of people like you that Saddam figured would do his bidding. I don't think that Saddam could have walked away. Bush's "get outa town before sundown" offer was not a real diplomatic effort. It was pandering to the right wing in a John Waynesque manner. Saddam knew he was toast as the Congress had already voted authorization for the President to act. But I don't think he had any options really but to stand and fight. Where was he going to go? Funny how you personally think that the Republican Admin. knew there was no WMD. Did you feel the same way as literally EVERY ONE OF THE DEMOCRATS said the very same thing and as late as 2002 were saying the same thing and as late as 2003 voted to give the President the authority to take action...how many times do we have to go over this before you open your eyes? So far it has been talked about for about 200k posts. Many people in the congress relied on Bush's interpretation and analysis of the intelligence. I don't think anyone doubted whether the President thought there were weapons. I think a lot of people thought he might have WMD. Bush certainly pushed that notion. It is the job of intelligence not to think about these kind of things, it's to know with certainty what is going on. Especially when you are about to invade another country on this evidence. The intelligence reports that were made available to the public, did not say that Saddam had WMD. They spoke in qualified terms of maybe and probably. Ultimately these reports were wrong. We made decisions to go to war based on these reports. Doesn't anyone think that this needs to be examined in full detail? If we were concerned about the WMD, we had the weapons inspectors back in the country. Why not let them do their job? Why not gather the coalition? Why not wage diplomacy? Why not increase the pressure on Iraq to have and hold free elections? Why the rush to bombardment? We may have squirted Saddam out of power. But there will be many others that will try to gain power in Iraq, including Saddam. The moment that the US pulls out, there will be terror, and revolution and power grabs. Who doubts that? So we are left with the stark reality of having to occupy Iraq in some sense for what seems likely to be a decade or more. This is another Vietnam for our country in many ways. We have to be careful that we don't end up being hated by the Iraqis, and lots of them do not want the US there. While we can all be glad that Saddam is out of power, for the moment, many people in this country and in the world believe that we had alternatives at hand to deal effectively with Saddam and the situation in Iraq. Bush's approach to the problem is like using a chain saw to do surgery. Unfortunately much damage has resulted from this approach. Orca

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